Shloka 32
निगृहा च गजा: केचित् पार्श्रस्थैर्भशदारुणै: । रथाश्व॒सादिभिस्तत्र सम्भिन्ना न्यपतन् भुवि,कितने ही हाथियोंको अवरुद्ध करके पार्श्चभागमें खड़े हुए अत्यन्त भयंकर रथी और घुड़सवार उन्हें बाणोंसे विदीर्ण कर डालते, जिससे वे हाथी वहीं पृथ्वीपर गिर जाते थे
nigṛhya ca gajāḥ kecit pārśvasthaiḥ bhayadāruṇaiḥ | rathāśvasādibhis tatra sambhinnā nyapatan bhuvi ||
Beberapa gajah, setelah dihentikan dan dipersempit geraknya, ditembus habis-habisan oleh para kesatria kereta dan penunggang kuda yang mengerikan yang berdiri di sisi-sisinya. Terkoyak oleh hujan anak panah, gajah-gajah itu pun roboh di sana ke tanah.
संजय उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse underscores how, in war, even the mightiest force (war-elephants) can be rendered helpless through coordinated restraint and flank assault; it implicitly warns that power without protection, strategy, and discipline becomes vulnerable to organized violence.
Sañjaya reports a battlefield scene where elephants are first blocked/contained, then attacked from the sides by fearsome chariot-fighters and horsemen who shower them with arrows until the elephants, grievously wounded, fall to the ground.